Assistant Designer – Girls Apparel
About The Position
Our Assistant Designer will report to the VP of Design and support the Girls design team across various categories, including swimwear, outerwear, sets and separates. They’ll support the designers throughout the development cycle, from concept to production, and effectively communicating with factories and team members on design details. The position also involves managing sample logistics, including ordering, organizing, and photographing samples, as well as creating presentation boards and line sheets. Additionally, the role requires oversight of the color library and facilitating the CAD/Print workflow between design and CAD teams. Other duties include handling showroom responsibilities and preparing for meetings.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience at the Assistant level in the apparel industry in either showroom or sample management capacity.
- Bachelor’s degree in apparel design preferred.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, TEAMS)
- Strong foundation in Adobe Suite (mainly illustrator and acrobat, a bit of photoshop)
- Knowledge of the full life cycle of a garment
- Fabric knowledge in both knits and wovens is preferred
- Solid communication and interpersonal skills
- Proactive team player
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of PLM is a plus
- Knowledge of PLM is a plus
Responsibilities
- Support the Designers throughout the development cycle, from concept to production
- Work with sweaters, activewear, cut and sew, and wovens
- Communicate and follow up with factories and team members
- Support Designers with inspiration and trend research
- Run out to local shops for trims and fabric as needed, pickup and drop off from local sample rooms
- Sample management- Order, track, organize, steam, tag, distribute, send, receive, return, and photograph all the samples we have coming in
- Create seasonal and capsule line sheets
- Help coordinate with our CAD designer and request CADs as needed
- Create CAD boards of all ATS styles for our sales team
- Assign style numbers in PLM for our sales team when requested
- Create new requests from our fabric team and continue to follow up with them. Launching yardage, asking about sample yardage availability, etc
- Set up new PowerPoints for the team to use for research, development, and presentations
- Assist with any meeting prep
- Send styles to our costing team via PLM and create costing line sheets
- Routinely check online for new images of our products on buyer’s websites to save down for future use and reference
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, TEAMS)
- Knowledge of the full life cycle of a garment
- Maintain sample closet and showroom samples
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
